If you are wondering how things might have gone at firebase Cochise during the Tet Offensive, the basic gist is this; the Vietnamese launched a surprise attack on the major cities of the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) in 1968 and it was essentially a strategic surprise that turned the public perception of the war around for the American news viewer. The Vietnamese took on US forces in toe to toe combat...and were actually beaten back into guerrilla activity after that, but the damage was done in the political sphere.

The point of that is that this was the most intense period of combat in the Vietnam war until 1975 or so when the North Vietnamese invaded and ended it, and that was after the US pulled out. So outposts were under siege -- in fact Khe Sanh was under siege -- and cities were actually overrun (Hue.)

Gunther suggested the Air Cav and I agree, because the Air Cav was very active in Vietnam as well as being iconic. I don't get the feeling that people are overly worried about the details of the military operations, but it's good to sort of know that for a lot of American forces, the Tet Offensive caught them off guard and was a period of very intense combat. That's important to the backstory, since we have an alpha werewolf whose unit is being overrun who bites his buddies in desperation. They miraculously survive a human wave of attackers out somewhere in the hinterlands of godknowswhere where their outpost is cut off when artillery and air support aren't available.

Of course, when it's all done, there's a lot of confusion as to what happened, a couple of guys that survived the fight at Firebase Cochise and a bunch of Vietnamese telling stories about man-eating tigers.

On the other hand, there are characters that might have joined the Wild Hunt after the alpha and buddies got back or characters that were in the Wild Hunt when the Alpha joined and bit members to give them the extra edge that a werewolf has. If anyone needs more info on the Vietnam war or the 1960's in general (because if this happened in 1968, we're in 1969, which works -- it's the Summer of Love and Altamont, when things start to get darker) just feel free to reach out. 

I was going to set up a discord, but I am way too busy with work to keep track of a chat right now, so I'd prefer to keep the OOC to the posts, if possible.